Bill Text: IL HB4767 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes the annual registration fee for an entity qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code $150 (now, $1,000). Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4767 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4767-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4767 Introduced 1/11/2010, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan - Jim Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 170/5
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes the annual registration fee for an entity qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code $150 (now, $1,000). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
changing Section 5 as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/5)
Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every person
required to register under Section 3 shall before any service
is performed which requires the person to register, but in any
event not later than 2 business days after being employed or
retained, and on or before each January 31 and July 31
thereafter, file in the Office of the Secretary of State a
statement in a format prescribed by the Secretary of State
containing the following information with respect to each
person or entity employing or retaining the person required to
register:
(a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
address, if any, fax number, if any, business telephone
number, and temporary address, if the registrant has a
temporary address while lobbying.
(a-5) If the registrant is an organization or business
entity, the information required under subsection (a) for
each person associated with the registrant who will be

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lobbying, regardless of whether lobbying is a significant
part of his or her duties.
(b) The name and address of the person or persons
employing or retaining registrant to perform such services
or on whose behalf the registrant appears.
(c) A brief description of the executive, legislative,
or administrative action in reference to which such service
is to be rendered.
(c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency the
registrant expects to lobby during the registration
period.
(c-6) The nature of the client's business, by
indicating all of the following categories that apply: (1)
banking and financial services, (2) manufacturing, (3)
education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6) insurance,
(7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality,
(12) engineering, (13) information or technology products
or services, (14) social services, (15) public utilities,
(16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or construction,
(18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation,
and (22) other (setting forth the nature of that other
business).
The registrant must file an amendment to the statement
within 14 calendar days to report any substantial change or

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addition to the information previously filed, except that a
registrant must file an amendment to the statement to disclose
a new agreement to retain the registrant for lobbying services
before any service is performed which requires the person to
register, but in any event not later than 2 business days after
entering into the retainer agreement.
All persons required to register under this Act shall remit
a single, annual, and nonrefundable $1,000 registration fee,
except that entities required to register under this Act that
are qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable $150
registration fee. Each individual required to register under
this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a picture of the
registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a picture
on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to use any
photo identification available in any database maintained by
the Secretary of State for other purposes. Of each registration
fee collected for registrations on or after July 1, 2003, $50
shall be deposited into the Lobbyist Registration
Administration Fund for administration and enforcement of this
Act and is intended to be used to implement and maintain
electronic filing of reports under this Act, the next $100
shall be deposited into the Lobbyist Registration
Administration Fund for administration and enforcement of this
Act, and any balance shall be deposited into the General
Revenue Fund, except that amounts resulting from the fee

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increase of Public Act 96-555 this amendatory Act of the 96th
General Assembly shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration Administration Fund to be used for the costs of
reviewing and investigating violations of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.